Pakistan’s Hamza Akbar caused a major upset as he knocked out Jamie Jones in the first round of qualifying for the Betfred World Championship. Akbar, in his rookie season as a professional after winning the 2015 Asian Championship, had not previously won a match on the Main Tour. However, the[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
174 Hopefuls Enter Q-School
A record 174 players have entered World Snooker’s 2016 Q School, all bidding for the chance to join the professional tour. They will all head to the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton from May 11 to compete for places on the World Snooker Tour. There are eight two-year tour cards[Read More…]
Holland Shoots Century as Murtagh and Cusack Win in CrossGuns Junior Series
By Fin Ruane Last Saturday week there was a superb day of snooker at Event 7 in the CrossGuns Junior Series. With several top Irish juniors competing the standard on show was exceptional and congratulations to the winners on the day, Cian Murtagh and Darragh Cusack. However, without doubt the[Read More…]
Evans Captures 11th World Title
Reanne Evans was crowned world ladies champion for the 11th time after beating defending champion Ng On Yee 6-4 in the final on Tuesday. The Englishwoman had won 10 championships in a row up until the 2015 edition, where Ng sprung a major upset in the semi-finals before lifting her[Read More…]
Irish Ready for Tough World Championship Qualifiers
The draw for the World Championship qualifiers was made on Monday and it certainly threw up quite a few interesting ties for the Irish. In total there are seven from the Republic, as well as a further three from the North who are attempting to gain one of the coveted[Read More…]
Craigie Crowned Snookerbacker Classic Champion
Amid all the commotion surrounding the conclusion of the China Open and the draw for the World Championship qualifiers, a winner was crowned in the Snookerbacker Classic on Sunday as well. The growing amateur tournament was won by Sam Craigie, who edged Jamie Bodle 4-2 in the final in Gloucester.[Read More…]
WATCH: World Championship Qualifiers Draw
With the completion of the China Open on Sunday comes the sobering realisation that the World Championship is finally upon us. The last 32 at the Crucible doesn’t commence for another 12 days but this Wednesday sees the start of the dreaded qualifiers at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Three victories[Read More…]
Trump Thumps Walden to Win China Open
Judd Trump has won the China Open for a second time after beating Ricky Walden 10-4 in Beijing on Sunday. The final between two attack-minded competitors promised to be a close and entertaining affair, but the free-flowing snooker that had been predicted never quite materialised. Walden began well with runs[Read More…]
Trump and Walden in China Open Final
Judd Trump and Ricky Walden will contest the final of the China Open after emerging from contrasting last four encounters on Saturday. Trump produced some superb snooker, as well as riding his luck a little, to hammer Stephen Maguire 6-0. Earlier, Walden was made to work a lot harder for[Read More…]
Maguire Sends Ding to Ponds Forge
Stephen Maguire beat Alfie Burden 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing. In doing so, the Scot ensured that he would break back into the top 16 in the world rankings just in time to gain automatic qualification to the World Championship in a fortnight. Maguire’s[Read More…]